La Revolution Française

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Helpful Links:

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity- Exploring the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution


Les Philosophes:
John Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire

les trois ordres

3 ordres picture activity http://jeanber.club.fr/sources/3ordr.gif

French America Historic Ties:
http://www.info-france-usa.org/franceus/history/histo2.asp
French help in the American War of Independence

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/people89.html
The People of the revolution 1789-1799

http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/France/MarieAntoinette.html
Marie Antoinette (facts + bibliography)

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/young.html
Arthur Young, Travels in France

http://www.fdn.fr/~fjarraud/pays18me.htm
extrait du cahier de doléances

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/cahier.htm
(extract of a third estate cahier de doléance, in English)

http://www.historywiz.com/rightsofman.htm
Declaration of the Rights of Man (in English)
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-the-citizen_1505.html#sommaire_2
(more info on Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen) and

Events of the Revolution
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/events89.html

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/timeline.html
Timeline of Events 1789-1799
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_the_French_Revolution
Glossary of the French Revolution

http://www.antique-horology.org/_Editorial/RepublicanCalendar/default.htm
Symbols of the French revolution

http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev-mm.htm
History Wiz Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité Exhibit


La marseillaise, national anthem of france (information + sound )
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marseill.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/caira.html
Ca Ira (popular song of the revolution)

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/sans-culottes.html
The Sans Culottes movement

http://www.historywiz.com/guillotine.htm
The Guillotine

http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html
The Guillotine (this site has many pictures)

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTH18thcentury.html
18th century Art

http://french.chass.utoronto.ca/fre180/Cours8.html
18th century literature

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-french.html
The French Revolutionary Calendar

http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais/les_symboles_de_la_republique/les_symboles_de_la_republique.57220.html
symboles de la republique

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/liberty-equality-fraternity_1503.html
Symbols of the Republic and Bastille Day

La Marianne
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/marianne_1506.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap
Phrygian cap

http://www.historywiz.com/louisxvii.htm
The mystery of the lost dauphin(son of Marie Antoinette et Louis XVI)

Some Grammar Practice:
Expressions that indicate the use of imparfait
Une promenade en ville (Decide which: passé composé /imparfait)
Passé composé or imparfait?
Rags to riches - a game to practice future tense
Future tense Battleship
Jeopardy with the Future
Some exercises with future tense
Let's study the conditional..."How to" and exercises
Conditional or Future - Can you tell the difference?
plus que parfait

Games

Trivia Quiz: The French Revolution(en anglais)

French Revolution Symbols Quiz

Connections avec l'art - exercise - Liberté guidant le peuple

Dialoguer avec Marie Antoinette